The Frozen Android: Premier Farnell, Sony, team up to move Raspberry PI manufacturing to the UK

One of the biggest holdups to owning a [Raspberry Pi](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/04/raspberry-pi-getting-started-guide-how-to/) was its [stuttering availability](http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/16/raspberry-pi-production-ramped-up-to-4-000-per-day-5mp-camera-m/), so much so that it even prompted a few [copycat boards](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/gooseberry-android-board-plans-to-sate-those-still-waiting-on-a/). Creator [Eben Upton](http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/21/raspberry-pi-hands-on-and-eben-upton-interview-at-maker-faire-v/) and equipment makers Premier Farnell might have found the solution, teaming up with Sony to produce an initial run of 300,000 of the educational computers at the company's UK Technology Center, in Pencoed, near Bridgend in Wales. Upton hopes to keep the cost at $25 and $35 for two boards, thanks to employing Sony's "lean manufacturing techniques," and the Japanese company has already spent £50,000 ($80,000) on new package-on-package assembly equipment -- ensuring that we'll all be able to get our hands on one soon enough.

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